I remember years ago Eva Burrows was talking at one of my high school assemblies and she said this quote that has stuck with me...
"Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder." Thoreau
So 5 days ago I moved from Sydney to Armidale and a whole bunch of things changed for me. I live in a new city (Is Armidale classed as a City?), I live in a new house, I have a new phone number, I have a new car, I have a completely new job, I even got really sunburnt last week and am peeling so I even have a new layer of skin :0)
I have to admit leading up to the move I was getting a little anxious, it just seemed like so much was about to change and I was quite happy with were I was at, I was comfortable in life. I shared my thoughts with a wise friend of mine who said to me 'there is one thing that is still the same, and that is the one who has called you'.
So true.... God is here.
In the past 5 days that anxiousness has gone and the peace has settled in, I'm loving my new role, I am loving Armidale. I keep having little moments where I know I am in just the right place at just the right time.
like the other dayI was walking through the Lamb and Potato festival wearing my straw hat (cause that's how it's done in North NSW) and a butterfly landed on my arm....
Happiness.
-Don't Take Care, Take Risks-
!Relle
